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BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Dodgeball: The school sport no longer reserved for a rainy day
For many of us growing up, a rainy playtime at school meant games in the school hall, games like the sport has become so popular, that some teachers say it has overtaken football as the activity of choice for 10 and June, more than 100 children competed in the south-west regional finals of the English Primary Schools Championships in Jones, PE lead at St White's Primary School in Cinderford in the Forest of Dean, said he aims to get children playing as much sport as possible, and bringing dodgeball into the curriculum has helped achieve that. "It's really inclusive. When you play in school you can adapt the game really easily for all the children, no matter their ability," he St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School in Bridgwater, Somerset, 50 out of 61 of its Year 6 children signed up for dodgeball tournaments this year, compared to 40 for Trudgeon, PE lead, said: "We realised there's a lot more of a sports element to it rather than just a ball throwing exercise in the hall, so we decided to look at entering a team.""It's all very new to us but they absolutely love it, and I think they enjoy it more than most sports. There's a lot more teamwork, a lot more strategy. They're learning so much more about sports," he added. British Dodgeball said it now has over 35 county competitions for primary schools which feed into the regional finals, and the sport is growing in every top five in each region qualify for the national finals in Stoke-on-Trent in the sport was mainly played in universities, but British Dodgeball said it has become popular in after-school clubs, leading to community clubs, secondary schools and colleges looking for more tournaments to compete Robinson, south-west regional co-ordinator for British Dodgeball, said: "Traditionally it's been 'Oh it's raining outside so we can't play football, we can't play hockey' or whatever it might be."But what we're seeing now is that element turned into a really structured game where they're using the official rules, they're using the correct equipment. They're playing adaptations of the sport so more people can be active."
BBC News
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Jersey schoolchildren 'learnt so much' in Liberation musical
Jersey pupils said they "learnt so much" about the island's occupation during World War Two by doing a special from St Mary's and Le Moye primary schools performed Make Do and Mend on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Jersey Arts follows the story of fictional 11-year-old Collette, who is a diary writer as she documents her experiences under German was originally written for the 50th anniversary of Liberation Day but was rewritten for the 80th anniversary by staff at St Mary's. Cameron, 10, played Collette's brother, while 11-year-old Mia was her mother in the musical. Cameron said: "I learnt so much from doing the show... [including finding out] there were ration books and there wasn't much to eat at all."Mia added: "You learn more as you go... [being on stage] was quite nerve-wracking but, after a while, it got really fun." Philip Richardson's daughter Annabella played the leading role of said it was "incredibly moving" and "the whole of the cast were phenomenally good".Mr Richardson added: "There was a tear in my eye when I saw Annabella perform; but it was a professional performance from everyone, which blew my mind." St Mary's Primary School head teacher Maria Stegenwalner said she was proud of her pupils' said: "They were absolutely marvellous... the children were amazing because, if I couldn't meet them to rehearse, then they would get together to do their own rehearsals."I was thinking about how we could keep this going so that, for the 100th anniversary, schools have this as a resource."
